Railroad-switch cleaner



Jan. 19 1926. 1,570,191

J. VVYREMBE'|'( RAILROAD SWITCH CL ANER Filed Feb. 4, 1924 .'-.-andZ-' more particularlydefined by about railroad switches; V The railroads ofthe country ,ingthousand ofdollars yearly for brooms 'fo'r'"cleaning thesnow,

matter from about the track switches.

' 'rnEobon-J. WyninnBax, or oooivomowod iscons n. 7

I Application med rebriia'r Wauk'eshaand to certain: new and switch. cleaners.

" other. foreignmatter from are eiipendaddition: to. this "heavy expenditure,

is objectionable in that it does not Thisinventionhas for a general ob'je'ct provision. whio W1l1-p erm1t the-easy and efiicient removal of snow, dirtor ter from .ab6iit"the .switch, and which 'is indestructible ang; inexpensive of itsobjects a railroad switch cleaner hav I It is further ie 6f: this invention of being readily inserted-under -tween the ties, to remove snow, ether vforeign matter. i-

to manufac-.

ture, thus prov'i ing an economy in the maintenance of the railroad right-of way.

1 This invention contemplates as another Jing a rod orhandlememberprovided with a I a plate memberat .one end which-is curved rearwardly to provide an instrument ca v able 7 i t or-a y provide #:a railroad switch cleaner having 1 an-instru'men't for remov ng SHOWER,"

and

'2 other foreignt-matter from between the ties v mit itsready-handling by;

ot erobjects in view "which will appearas the desor'iptionpro- I .ceeds, my, invention resides in the novel conat the "switch and-another instrument capable of "insertion in narrow places for theremoval of any foreignmatter And a' still further object of thi ave-'1;

4 :tion resides mfthej provision of ai-railroad 4 switch cleaner of the character described. greferably of all 'metaloonstruc which is tion, is lig t in weight, and balanced to .per

a workman;

With the aboveand referencebeing dirt, .or other foreign Inf. the' of a railroad switch cleaner other. foreign mat-1' a switc he'-- Iron 'cLE'AivE-R. I I 4, 924. .SeriaI' 110190514.

'.-.$truct1on, eombinatlon and arrangement of parts 'substantia'lly as hereinafter described H the ap- "pended. claims, it' being understood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the-hereindisclosed invention may be made as come within the scope ofathe claims.

illustrated one fcomplete. example of the physical embodiment ofmy'invention constructed according to the best mode I have far devise of the principles-thereof, and in w ich:

way switch cleaner embodying my' inven- -t1on,-and '3 vi'ewjllustrating that; end o'fmy device providing a relatively small" instrument for. removing foreign matter from-thelnarrow or smallspaces of a railroad switch.'

It is-well. known that among the maintenanceexpenses of railroads .will be found a large item covering brooms, the majority of which are used tori-sweeping or'removing snow, dirt and other foreign matter from about the railroad switch; .lThis serv-i ice is "unusually 'ha-rd ongbro'oms and as a each year-. Furthermore, Brooms do 'not pro- .vide means for; efliciently and easily removing snow,' dirt' orother foreign matter from about. the switches.

- 1 In the .acoompanying drawing', I 'haVe illustrated an Iim roved railway switch cleanerwhich has l i has demonstrated, its desirability and elfi- '--cien cy;,over the broom and. otherfdevices proved device comprises "a ro'di or handle straight and one 'end curved slightly" as'at .6, to providethe proper balance.=

member by rivets or other means 7 i siaf iplate member'8 which has its outer end port on 9 in: spaced relation to the medial portion-of the plate member. .The other' end'ofithe handle member has a, scraper-member '1 1Ffse' cured thereto by rivets or'other suitable fastening means 12.

.. '-""."Ihe-. sc a member. e T'Pieitmmy een in practical'nse and.

heretofore used for this purpose. This 11 n-' member. 5 which'is preferablyfinifthe form of a metalftube having its major-portion n-the accompanyingdrawings, I have d for the practical ap lication a iFigure'le' is-a perspective view of al rail- Figure 2 151s fragmentary perspective" result manythousands of dollars are" spent i :Se'cured tothe curved end of th handle ioo curvedrear-wardly to bring its'oute'r edgelo formed of steel and has its outer edge 13 shaped to provide a cutting surface. plate 11 may be secured to the bar 5 by splitting the bar end, as at 14, and securing the plate between the split ends.

As Will be readily obvious, the plate member 8 provides an instrument which may be readily inserted beneath a switch to remove snow, dirt or any other foreign matter, the curved end 6 providing the proper balance for the manipulation of the cleaner. lhe plate 8 may be also used Wherever the same fits and when it is desired to remove foreign I matter from spaces too small to permit the insertion of the plate member 8, the scraper ll is employed.

it will be readily obvious to those skilled in the art to which an invention of this character appertains that I provide an improved cleaner Which is indestructible,-n'1ay be constructed at a very low cost, is Well balanced to facilitate its useby an operator and is of light, but durable construction weighing approximately five pounds.

The a What I claim as my invention is:

1. A railroad switch cleaner, comprising a handle member having its major portion substantially straight and one end portion curved, a plate member secured to the curved end portion of the handle member, and said plate member having its outer end portion curved rearwardly to space its free edge from the medial portion thereof te form a scoop member.

2. A railroad'switch cleaner, comprising a handle member, a plate member secured to one end of the handle member and having its outer end portion curved rearwardly to space its free edge from the medial portion 3 thereof, the plate member forming a scoop member, and that end portion of said handle member adjacent the plate member being); curved to throw the edge of the plate member in its proper functioning position when the opposite end portion of the handle member is gripped by the operator.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

THEODOR .T. XVYRFMBEY 

